heavily in English: With a lot of weight or force; very much. (adverb)

Translation

With a lot of weight or force; very much.

Word origin

From heavy plus the ending -ly; heavy comes from Old English hefig.

rained .

Here "heavily" means a lot and with force.

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Here it means with all his weight.

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Here "heavily" simply means very much.

heavy

Weighing a lot; hard to lift or carry.

rain

Water that falls from clouds in the sky in small drops.

hard

Not easy to do, or firm and solid to touch.

very

To a great degree; used to make another word stronger.

deeply

Very much, or a long way down.

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